I support this increased funding, but we have a long-term role in the allocation of these funds.

I hope that you listen, listen not only with your ears but with your heart.

I want to be clear. I do support the agency's many programs that deal with recreation and with wildlife.

Shortly is an ill-defined term in the Congress. Can you give me anything better?

Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony.

when the Federal Government comes into land that has been federally designated, drills wells, walks away from it, leaves a mess, that that is the Federal Government's responsibility and that it should not then be on the shoulders of the…

I think her point is well taken as your analysis has to be very nuanced, sophisticated, and factually based on both the cost side and the benefit side.

But I think you can see the problem here.

I need to have some assurance going forward that we're going to be able to deal with this.

We talk a lot around here about cost benefit analysis at times of declining budget. It is important.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just very briefly.

When you live in a place like Ketchikan that is on the water, you've got a lot of floatplanes.

I had mentioned the Anan Creek facility.

the EPA is using what they consider to be some overly optimistic forecasts that overstate the benefits of regulation and understates their cost.

You have got to find a different path here that does not punish these struggling rural communities for the agency's failure to manage our Nation's forests.

So the question is, will that be clearly mapped out far enough in advance so that Conoco can advance in 2014, or Shell can advance in 2014?

We cannot operate unless we have the information.

It would be outrageous, really, if this small family-run business has to stop providing a service for local families with pets because the cost of compliance with the regulations, of dubious environmental benefit at least in this instance…

I have to tell you, I am concerned about what we have seen coming out of the Circuit Court here.

I appreciate your kind remarks about our ability to be working together on this very important budget, and the work that both of our staffs do.

I am concerned by your recent announcement that between budget constraints and Shell Oil's recent announcement that it will not be drilling in the Arctic in 2013, you won't have an Arctic presence this summer.

Our problem is that there is nothing in the queue to follow the Munro, which is a concern for us with that lapse of coverage.

I have long been a hydropower proponent. I consider hydropower to be our hardest working renewable resource.

As good as $10 million is in this budget and my environment, we know that we need $850 million, give or take a little bit.

As the Arctic continues to open, sufficient Coast Guard presence in the region is vital to ensuring the safety and security of the region.